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Georgia considering HOV lane use for Hybrids

The current GA rules permit alternative fuel vehicles to travel in the High Occupancy Vehicle lanes with only one person in the vehicle. Considering adding Hybrids to the exemption. Hope they do it!
I also like the idea of free parking meter use but doubt it here.

Georgia considering HOV lane use for Hybrids

Georgia considering HOV lane use for Hybrids

go figure!

recall way back when HOV lanes were started? and motorcycles were allowed to be in those lanes because their miles per gallon per person was so high? car pooling was initially to reduce smog i thought. traffic was a secondary thought. you'd think hybrids would be an automatic approval.

Georgia considering HOV lane use for Hybrids

Just in case anyone is wondering what the Georgia DOT website states on the subject at hand, here is an excerpt from the Georgia DOT website (as recorded 05/03/2005):

Hybrid cars DO NOT classify as clean fuel vehicles under EPA standards because their engines use conventional gasoline as well as electricity and in so doing generate fuel vapor emissions. Therefore they are not allowed to access the HOV lanes unless there is more than one occupant in the vehicle.

Georgia considering HOV lane use for Hybrids

Georgia considering HOV lane use for Hybrids

The U.S. Senat just passed the long awaited Transportation Bill. (HR-3). This bill will allow the States drivers to ride in the HOV lane with an Hybrid car solo. The Ga General Assembly passed a bill earlier requesting Congress to pass this bill. All we need now is the Pres. signiture.